The company
Farris Engineering
Farris Engineering is a building and MEP engineering firm and Certified Commissioning Authority. Every federal award on its record landed in 2025 or 2026. No long incumbency story. A new federal pipeline.
Before SamSearch
Without past performance, volume is the only way in
A firm with no federal award history cannot lean on incumbency. The path in is finding enough real solicitations to build a track record, running a wide pursuit pipeline, and converting a share of it. Waiting for one perfect RFP is how new primes stay out of the market.
How they use SamSearch
The capture workflow
Farris runs one of the larger pipelines on SamSearch: 189 pursuits tracked, fed by 982 recommendation runs that screened 27,226 candidate solicitations down to 6,227. In under two years that volume became its first four federal awards, $578K on the public record.
By the numbers
Farris Engineering in SamSearch
Solicitations screened
27,226
Read by the recommendation engine
Worth a human look
6,227
Surfaced as relevant
Cut before review
77%
Removed as poor fit
Hours returned (est.)
1,400
Analyst time, platform estimate
From the market to the shortlist
How many solicitations the engine read for Farris Engineering, how many it removed, and how many made it to capture review.
27,226
Screened
100%
20,999
Cut
77% removed
6,227
Shortlisted
23%
Screening volume by week
Weekly solicitations screened versus the smaller set returned as relevant. From live recommendation activity.
Hours returned uses a platform estimate of 4 minutes per solicitation filtered out. Not a stopwatch measurement for this account.
Capabilities in play
What they run in the platform
Old way vs. SamSearch
What changed in the pursuit process
| Before | With SamSearch | |
|---|---|---|
| Pipeline volume | No past performance, so every solicitation has to be found and scored fresh. | 189 pursuits in one pipeline, enough volume to convert real wins. |
| Award outcome | A firm with no track record competes on volume, not reputation. | Four federal awards in under two years, its first four ever. |
FAQ
What does Farris Engineering use SamSearch for?
Farris runs one of the larger pipelines on SamSearch: 189 pursuits tracked, fed by 982 recommendation runs that screened 27,226 candidate solicitations down to 6,227. In under two years that volume became its first four federal awards, $578K on the public record.
What results are documented here?
$577,547 across 4 federal awards, all won in 2025–2026; 189 pursuits tracked in-platform; 27,226 → 6,227 opportunities reviewed vs. surfaced as relevant.
How were the results verified?
Platform activity comes from SamSearch production data. Federal award values come from public USASpending.gov records matched to the contractor's UEI.